Deaths by...
314 Notable deaths
by tuberculosis
Yi Sang
Korean writer.
Born August 20th, 1910 in Jongno.
Died April 17th, 1937 at 26 years old in Tokyo (tuberculosis).
María Blanchard
Spanish author (1881-1932).
Born March 6th, 1881 in Santander. [ref]
Died April 5th, 1932 at 51 years old in Paris (tuberculosis). [ref]
Millosh Gjergj Nikolla
Albanian writer, poet (1911–1938).
Born October 13th, 1911 in Shkodër.
Died August 26th, 1938 at 26 years old in Turin, Bari (tuberculosis).
Edel Quinn
Roman catholic lay missionary.
Born September 14th, 1907 in Kanturk.
Died May 12th, 1944 at 36 years old in Nairobi (tuberculosis).
Komura Jutarō
Japanese diplomat (1855–1911).
Born October 26th, 1855 in Nichinan.
Died November 25th, 1911 at 56 years old in Hayama (tuberculosis).
Nikifor Krynicki
Lemko naïve painter.
Born May 21st, 1895 in Krynica-Zdrój. [ref]
Died October 10th, 1968 at 73 years old in Krynica-Zdrój (tuberculosis). [ref]
Nikolai Korotkov
Russian surgeon.
Born February 26th, 1874 in Kursk.
Died March 14th, 1920 at 46 years old in Saint Petersburg (tuberculosis).
Maria Gabriella Sagheddu
Italian roman catholic nun and blessed (1914-1939).
Born March 17th, 1914 in Dorgali.
Died April 23rd, 1939 at 25 years old in Grottaferrata (tuberculosis).
Yumeji Takehisa
Japanese artist (1884-1934).
Born September 16th, 1884 in Honjōson.
Died September 1st, 1934 at 49 years old (tuberculosis).
Alejandro Villanueva
Peruvian footballer (1908-1944).
Born June 4th, 1908 in Lima. [ref]
Died April 11th, 1944 at 35 years old in Lima (tuberculosis).
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Life is so beautiful that death has fallen in love with it, a jealous, possessive love that grabs at what it can. But life leaps over oblivion lightly, losing only a thing or two of no importance, and gloom is just a passing shadow of a cloud. Yann Martel